New Product Innovation Seminar
28 Aug 2009
On 14 September at the Core Technology Facility
Jointly hosted by Boots Centre for Innovation & The University of Manchester
Monday 14 September 2009, 4pm – 6pm
The Egg, Core Technology Facility
The New Product Innovation Seminar will cover:
Boots approach to open innovation
- Find out how Boots have adopted an open innovation model
- Understand how to access Boots with new ideas and how to work with them in partnership to bring ideas to shelf
- Discover their consumer areas of interest and the latest trends in health and beauty
Funding for spinouts
- Learn about sources of debt, equity and 'soft funding‘ and what venture capital investors are looking for
- Discover how Longbow's healthcare funds were set up to support ‘graduates’ of the Boots Centre for Innovation
The University of Manchester
- The University of Manchester's relevant expertise and examples of success through commercialisation
Register for this free event at:
Venue address:
- Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9N
0161 603 7751 / info@umip.com
Website:
Boots Centre for Innovation: Key areas of interest
- Improve ways to diagnose, treat and monitor key aspects of health, beauty and wellbeing through use of devices
- Support positive ageing through products and devices for mind and body
- Minimise the complications of living with chronic conditions
- Improve digestive health, particularly issues related to stress, poor diet and obesity
- Improve and maintain the health, look and feel of skin
- Minimise the severity and duration of pain
- Improve quality of sleep for everyone, including pregnant women, babies and the elderly
- Create more convenient methods of taking and using medicines and health products
- Improve the health and appearance of teeth and gums
- Improve the health, appearance and comfort of eyes